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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1938
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Pollock and Larry left yesterday for Moosomin. A curlers meeting discussed the bonspiel and decided prizes would be held over to next season due to melting ice. Also advertised are reduced fleece underwear prices and a magazine clubbing offer from United States Ltd Minucte.
Walter Titley a Beulah resident and Civil Engineer died suddenly of a heart attack Thursday evening after leaving a farm to post a letter. He came to Canada in 1906 from Mansfield England and married Florence Cargill in 1911. Surviving are his wife two sons Amy and May, two daughters, and a brother J Cargill. Funeral held at St Wilfrid's Beulah with pallbearers L Kinsey G Cruden J Stowe M Powell G J Heyhoe W Strachan.
Mrs W Titley and family and Mrs J Cargill express grateful thanks to Beulah and Minicta friends for kindness and sympathy at their bereavement and for the beautiful floral tributes.
A two act comedy farce The Dumb Wife of Cheepade will be presented at Miniota Settled Church on Friday evening in April under the Ladies Aid. Admission 25 cents and 5 cents. Also advertised ladies hose in gold quarry at specific per pair prices.
Isabella E J Martin listed as patient at Deer Lodge Hospital. June Finkbeiner visiting Mr and Mrs S J Pinkbeiner at Cardale. Jack Butler returned from the psen inalumber camp. Mr and Mrs A Chapman and Joycr spent Sunday at the H Finkbener home. Mrs A Adams, visiting her father Jas Iverach, has returned home near Birtle.
Beulah residents note travelers Frank Gordon Frank Paynter Jr and Bill Stewart returned from Flanders Ontario. Shirley Johnson from Winnipeg Normal School is doing two weeks of practice teaching at Beulah school. C.G.I.T. met at Mrs. Hulls with Fern Chisholm presiding and White Eagle as group name. Millicent Torster won an Irish music contest. Phyllis Hull served lunch.
Roy Lelands committee staged a successful whist drive and dance on Friday night. Prize winners were E Tennant and M J Collier tied for first, with Collier declared the winner.
An listing of items for sale includes two cows aged seven and four years, farming implements like a walking plow, double disk, crowbars, and a two burner stove. Also offered are household items such as a dining set, dressers, a water tank, kitchen chairs, an iron, ropes, and car parts. The seller notes Mr Rolls is leaving.
Mr and Mrs Murdock Elliott and son Russell of Brandon spent winter at the Pacific Coast visiting Clare Fleming and Russell Elliott families and planned to return to Brandon. The C G I T met at Mrs J F Tennant's home with Bible readings, poems, songs and dramatized study sections, closing with Mizpah Benedictions and auctioneering by P S MacPherson.
Canada launches winter egg export to Great Britain with the Beaverbrae sailing from Saint John January 13 and the Beaverford carrying a earlier sample. Officials claim the shift will elevate Canadian eggs above Australian rivals and boost farmer prices while marking a new era for Canadian commerce. A British housewife hailed the first fresh Canadian eggs as delicious and superior to imports.
Pauline Tennant won the cut in the ccut event with Mrs R Watters and Mrs J D Sutherland among the runners up. Sam Wallace won the consolation prize after a tie with three others and Georgina Torrance won the cut for prize over Helen Tennant. Music by the Leland Orchestra accompanied a program of dances. After expenses were covered, $22 was turned over to the Hall Board.
The Y.P.U. gathered in the church on Tuesday with Alvin Johnson's group leading. Attendees included Mrs. Ivan Tennant Olga Townson and Russell Leland. A letter from Roy Ashford in India was read. all offered prayers for his recovery. Edward Sinclair praised Christian Citizenship. Photos were taken by Roy and Wes Leland. Entertainment and lunch followed at the Tennants home with Florrie McKinnon Everett Tennant and Georgina Torrance in charge. The season finale will be at the Lelands' home.
Nellie McClung in her autobiography reflects on the old Family Herald and Weekly Star, noting its influence on pioneer days and its value to farmers. William Burgess endorses reading the Local News and Family Herald for farm features, with subscription at the Miniota Herald Office.
The United Church and Arrow River list Rev. Geo A MacMillan as pastor. Sunday School at 1 a m and 7 30 p m Evening Service at 7 30 p m Arrow River Church holds Sunday School at 2 p m and a church service follows.
The notice lists Miniota church services at 11 a m Sunday School and 7 30 p m Evensong with sermon and Holy Communion. Beulah holds 11 a m Matins and Sermon followed by Sunday School.
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